Herman Melville
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick eventually would be considered one of the great American novels.
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
A newly freed man trades one island for the vast ocean, embarking on a wild adventure with a motley crew aboard a dilapidated whaling ship.
By Herman Melville
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
In the middle of a nation divided, poems echo with the cries of loss, sacrifice, and introspection born from the clash of war.
By Herman Melville
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II
Embark on a fantastic voyage across a chain of imaginary islands where travelers challenge the meaning of existence, encounter peculiar gods, and question the very fabric of society.
By Herman Melville
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
Driven by wanderlust and intellectual yearning, a sailor abandons the mundane life at sea and sets sail for an unknown destiny.
By Herman Melville
The Apple-Tree Table, and Other Sketches
An old table with a spooky past sparks ghostly events and strange happenings for one family.
By Herman Melville
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
A sailor's unusual outerwear becomes a window into the wild and challenging existence aboard a 19th-century naval vessel.
By Herman Melville
John Marr and Other Poems
Sailors grapple with dangerous voyages and the sting of memory, finding solace only in the bonds forged by the vast, unforgiving sea.
By Herman Melville
Typee
Stranded at sea, a sailor's desperate escape from his ship leads him to a lush island where he must navigate a new world.
By Herman Melville
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Driven by obsession and the allure of the sea, a sailor's quest to escape his melancholy existence intertwines with a captain's hunt for a legendary whale, forging an unlikely friendship amidst the perils of the deep.
By Herman Melville
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Driven by a burning desire for retribution, a captain steers his crew into perilous waters, consumed by an all-encompassing hunt for a massive, elusive whale.
By Herman Melville
I and My Chimney
A man's unusual friendship with a giant chimney is tested when his wife tries to tear it down and change everything.
By Herman Melville
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Herman Melville
Explore a world of revenge, island life, and unexpected office rebellion, all captured in one collection.
By Herman Melville
Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
A weary sailor's escape to a tropical paradise turns perilous when he finds himself among cannibals, forcing him to reconcile the allure of the exotic with the danger of the unknown.
By Herman Melville
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
A mute stranger’s arrival on a Mississippi steamboat sparks a journey of deception and trust, exposing the blurred boundaries between kindness and manipulation.
By Herman Melville
Redburn. His First Voyage Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman in the Merchant Navy
A privileged young dreamer faces the brutal reality of life at sea as he embarks on his first voyage.
By Herman Melville
Pierre; or The Ambiguities
Amidst societal expectations and personal desires, a young man's tranquil life is upended as he confronts love's trials and tribulations.
By Herman Melville
The Piazza Tales
Journey through heartfelt stories of solitude, societal confrontation, and the yearning for natural beauty, penned in a time where humanity itself was being examined.
By Herman Melville
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street
In the heart of Wall Street, a lawyer's world turns upside down when a new employee's simple phrase, "I would prefer not to," becomes an act of profound rebellion.
By Herman Melville
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Driven by a haunting obsession, a ship's captain leads his crew into a perilous hunt for a legendary white whale, blurring the lines between man, nature, and madness.
By Herman Melville
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
An American soldier's fight for freedom turns into a fifty-year struggle for survival and a longing for home as he faces exile in a foreign land during the Revolutionary War.
By Herman Melville